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Originally Posted by zapatista
just came across this information on the 100 octane fuel issue some people had been raising for the spitfire and hurricane. seems this is more important in aircraft performance then i had previously thought.
and ........Wood and Dempster wrote in their book "The Narrow Margin":
source: http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spit1vrs109e.html |
+100
Agreed, I don't know why there was ever any question of front line BoB fighter squadrons using 100 octane. There were some very early initial worries about supply which I think have been blown out of all proportion. In the event there was more than enough 100 octane to go round and I've seen those stats before - stocks actually rose throughout the battle.
There is not a chance in hell that the air ministry would have risked losing the battle by withholding 100 octane from the fighting units. What use would the stuff have been under nazi occupation?